Tag: Stress


Upset Stomach and Stress: Is There a Connection?

5
October

 

Under normal circumstances, when we have an upset stomach, or some people call it stomach trouble (those times when we could feel and hear our stomachs rumbling; or when the need to visit the comfort room becomes intense and more frequent), we often blame it to the food we’ve eaten or the drink we’ve taken in.

But what if they’re not the real culprit?

Medical experts are saying that another possible cause for an upset stomach is stress.

In many studies, the clear connection between the stomach and the brain has been established, and in these studies, it has been found that stress can really make any digestive symptoms worse.

How does this happen?

When a person is stressed and/or is anxious, he swallows more air – and air in the stomach causes it to be bloated.

Some people may also be suffering from IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome which is found to be directly related to stress.

When a person is under excessive emotional stress, what happens is that there begins to happen an increase in hydrochloric acid in the intestinal tract and stomach. The increase in stomach acid causes the production of gas in the intestine, which eventually leads to bloating.

So what can be done to remedy this situation?

The answer is simple: Laugh more!

Laughing is said to reduce stomach acid and gas, and laughing is also a great stress reliever.

 

 

 

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Parents Beware! Children Are Affected by Your Stress!

27
September

 

This is true! According to research, stress is highly transmittable between parent and child. Parents may not be aware of this but according to studies, whenever parents are going through stress and displaying anxiety, children pick them up and they too, become stressed.

According to David Code, author of the book entitled “Kids Pick Up On Everything”, seeing parents under severe stress can actually affect the children by weakening their immune system. Studies are also suggesting that the effect of parental stress can have a negative effect on children, especially in the development of the child’s brain.

How will you know if your child is under stress too? There are signs and symptoms, and a few include headaches, trouble sleeping, and anxiety.

So what can you do if you are a parent guilty of this?

Well, first get yourself up and about. This means find a way to deal with your own stress first, and do it fast! Know that the longer you deal with your stress, the more your children will suffer.

Next, talk to your children and help them understand what you’re going through without telling them things they should not know (for reasons of age for instance – when they can not understand just yet).  Assure them that you’re doing all you can to solve your problems. This will help them tremendously – they will stop worrying about you.

Then, teach them how to deal with stress. For example, tell them to get as much sunlight in the early morning. Sunbathing in the early morning helps awaken the serotonin in the body. Serotonin is known as the happy hormones. You can also exercise with them, and make it fun!

If you love your kids, pick yourself up and begin living not just for yourself but also for them. Always remember that they are looking up to you for almost everything: strength, love, nurturing, and hope.

 

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When I’m Feeling Blue, All I Have to Do … ♫♪♫♪

5
November

The past few days had been hard on me. For no particular reason at all, there persists this dampened feeling … sort of like a lonely emptiness … Day in and day out, the same feeling …

Have you ever experienced hearing a song and crying while listening to it? That feeling! I knew I had to do something. So I decided to read again my self-help books on depression. There was a time more or less three years ago when I felt the need to read about depression. I just lost a cousin during that time, and I never expected that I would be affected as I was.It happened again when my sister lost her youngest son almost Christmas day two years ago …

Those were my saddest days …

As I opened one book, I noticed a folded piece of green colored paper that was neatly pressed in between two pages. I opened it and there, written in black ink,  was the answer I have been longing for.

It was a talk my daughter Ella gave during Sacrament Meeting years ago while she was still in the Young Women Organization. I am not sure where  she got it, but I have this insistent feeling, a want to share this to as many, in the hope that this will help them (and you) the way it helped me get over the “sinking” feeling.

It did not miraculously remove the mist of darkness, but it did give me the right perspective, that I have a choice. I can either wallow in sadness and loneliness for reasons unknown to me, or I can choose to put all my efforts towards getting past the negative feeling, and face the day with a better resolve to look at the good things, like  “counting my blessings …” and be grateful for what I have.

So here it goes …

I have a choice today.

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.

I have responsibilities to fulfill today and I am important.

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy, or I can be thankful that the grass is being watered for free.

Today I can feel sad that I do not have more money, or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health,

or I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents did not give me when I was growing up, or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns, or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends, or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can whine because I have to go to work, or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.

Today I can complain because I have to go to school,or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework, or I can appreciate that I have a place to call home.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped.

And here I am the sculptor who gets to do that shaping.

What today will be like is up to me.

I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

Every day we have a choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything!

And by the way, regarding the depression, maybe time is telling me something. That I am getting there he he he … old age is just around the corner. Estrogen levels going nuts … that sort of thing!

Well, I am thankful still;  I don’t really look that old yet …

I hope =)



 

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